Improvement in eyelets for harness-traces



lN. MATT.

Eyelets for Harness `I'iraeee.

No. 144,096. Patented0cr.2 8,173..

IJV' VEN TOR WITNESSES.

` Attorneys.

. scription thereof, reference being had to the ac- Y construction of acasting inserted and fastened UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIOE.

NicEoLAs' EIATT, OE PLUM HOLLOW, IOWA.

` IMPROVEMENT IN EYELETS FOR HARNESS-TRACES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,096, dated October28, 1873; application filed September 15, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NICHOLAS HIATT, Of PlumHollow, in the county of Fremont and in the State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new anduseful Improvements in Tugs and AttachmenttoWhiffletrees; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact decompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specication. v

The nature of my invention consists in the into the end of a tug ortrace, forming the eye to be attached to the whifletree, and a clip onthe end of the tug, as will be hereinafter more` fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in theart to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and Operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of the rear end of a tug or trace with myimprovement inserted therein. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the casting inserted in thetug.

A represents the end of a tug or trace, made of leather in any of theknown and usual ways. Within this trace is inserted a casting consistingof a bar, B,of any desired dimensions', and provided with an eye, C,projecting on both sides of the bar, and with a head or clip, D, at

the end. Around each end of the eye C is an outward-projecting flange,@,forminga groove around the eye on each side of the bar B, so that whenthe leather is put on it will iit or be pressed in said grooves', andthus form a good nish. The head or clip D protects the end of the trace,as shown; This casting thus constrnoted is riveted to the leather by oneor more rivets, b, according to the size of theloasting, andboth edgesof the leather beingsewed the casting is held rmly in its place. The eyeC may be made in any desired shape; but I prefer the form shown in thedrawing, the rear end being made larger than the front end'. Grepresents the usual" flanged and headed pin fastened in the endv of thewhiflie'tree,and on which the trace is fastened in the usual manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The bar B, provided with the eye C and head or clip D, and securedwithin the end of a tug or trace, A, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this18th day of March, 1873.

l NICHOLAS IllATT.

Witnesses A. N. MARR, W. R. PAUL.

